SharePoint 2010 vs. SharePoint 2013 Feature Comparison March 2013 2013 SUSAN HANLEY LLC
SharePoint 2010 vs. 2013 From a document collaboration perspective, the structures of both versions are the same so if you create a metadata architecture for documents in 2010 it should be fully upgradable to 2013. The most significant upgrades in document management are in the user experience including drag and drop to upload documents and the ability to edit managed metadata in a datasheet view. The primary differences are in the social experiences, especially with discussion boards. The 2013 discussion board (with Community features enabled) creates and engaging Facebook-like activity stream, which is far more user-friendly than the same feature in SharePoint 2010. The added visual appeal is important because getting people to use the discussion board instead of commonly used who you know networks will take some planning and effort. If the software is engaging and familiar it will help with stickiness. The other significant improvement is search, which you will see in the examples on the next few pages. 2
SharePoint 2010 vs. 2013 Feature Comparison Representative Examples Business Scenario Document Collaboration Search SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013 Support for enterprise content types and shared metadata so that attributes and structures can be maintained in one place and shared across the enterprise, vastly improving search results. Comprehensive enterprise search with the ability to use Boolean operators to create search queries. For example: search for: cats AND dogs. Wildcard search available. For example, as search for ho* would find homes, horses, houses, etc. Faceted search refiners to easily narrow results based on metadata. Define search scopes to target to specific collections of content. Best bets can be defined to force certain results to the top of search results. No difference in approach for organizing content so investment in defining content types and metadata is fully leveraged in 2013. Several helpful user experience improvements in the application of metadata, including the ability to edit managed metadata in a datasheet (spreadsheet) view. Drag and drop ability to upload documents to SharePoint libraries (without having to open library in explorer view ). Significant improvements in user experience. Visual display of contents as you hover in search results. Best bets now called Promoted Results. Search remembers what you have previously searched and clicked and displays these values as query suggestions at the top of the results page. Results show number of times a document has been viewed. Results pages allows you to page through PowerPoint presentations without leaving the search results page. One click to view in library. 3
SharePoint 2013 Benefits Improvements in search start when users type in the query Type-ahead and recent personal searches shown to individual Visibility in to results you ve found before to help address I know I ve found that document before issues 4
SharePoint 2013 Benefits and the experience is even more productive during results View how many time this item has been viewed by others Hover over search results to see content without having to leave the results page. Step through results and content without leaving the search page to be sure this is the right document. Open directly to the page by clicking from Take a look inside To get notified about updates to the document, click to Follow from search results Send a link to the document to someone else right from search results. Want to find out where the document came from? One click to the library. 5
SharePoint 2010 vs. 2013 Feature Comparison Representative Examples Business Scenario Expertise Location SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013 Support for user profile both standard and custom attributes People are searchable and search can be scoped to people Users define core areas of expertise in the Ask me about column. Default people search displays most recent documents authored by that user Follow people to see updates based on their Newsfeed posts and what they are publishing Social Computing Very limited capabilities. Users can post a single status that is not retained and not searchable. New status wipes out the old status so statuses feel very static. Each user has a Newsfeed that is similar to a Facebook activity stream. See stream of the entire organization or filter based on topics and people you are Following. Post or reply in the stream using @mentions and #hashtags. Activity posts are saved for as long as you decide to retain them (most organizations align this policy with email retention) and are searchable. Follow #Hashtags to get notified when new content relevant to your area of interest is added. @mention someone to direct an activity post to their attention (as in Twitter). 6
Social Computing Examples 2010 vs. 2013 SharePoint 2010 Users can update a personal status. People who view the profile page can leave a note. SharePoint 2013 Some activities surfaced in a Recent activities feed. Rich, familiar social experience Status updates saved and searchable. Follow people, documents, topics. Engage with others in the feed. Indicate agreement with likes. 7
SharePoint 2010 vs. 2013 Feature Comparison Representative Examples Business Scenario Communities of Practice Workflow SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013 Must configure an out of the box template to align with community objectives. Community site is just an instance of a standard team site with similar requirements for managing access and assigning privileges. Simplistic discussion list. Several built in workflows with additional options available in SharePoint Designer. New Community site template completely focused on conversations. Access very different from team sites users can observe conversations and then join a community when they want to post. Community can allow anyone to join or can require approval by a Moderator before allowing someone to become a Member. Becoming a member means you are automatically Following the community site. Member photos show up next to all posts. Gamification options to encourage participation points, badges, and a top contributors leaderboard. Designated users can be gifted a badge to identify someone as an Expert or Thought Leader so that discussion participants can easily distinguish contributions. Ability to categorize conversations by topic with an image to create a welcoming environment and encourage interaction. Significant enhancements, including new ways to create and visualize workflows. Existing 2010 workflows should upgrade. 8
SharePoint 2013 Communities Site template visual categories to organize content, see list of Members Roll-over message shows activity by category 9
Out of the Box Discussion List SharePoint 2010 vs. SharePoint 2013 SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013 10
SharePoint 2010 vs. 2013 Feature Comparison Representative Examples Business Scenario Collaborating with others outside the workgroup on individual documents SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013 Difficult to do if the person not on the team does not have access to edit the document on the team site. Only the site owner can grant permissions. Author can create a document workspace and invite the guest to edit, but then has to publish the final document back to the main site. Share button easily visible for any site and document. Any user can invite someone to edit an individual document in place, but all invitations are approved by the site owner. (easier to collaborate, but still controlled) This feature makes it easier to collaborate with people outside the immediate workgroup but requires that site owners carefully manage permissions when the collaboration is finished. Users who request access to a site have an opportunity to explain why they need access so that site owners can make better decisions about whether or not to grant access. 11
SharePoint 2010 vs. 2013 Feature Comparison Representative Examples Business Scenario Mobile Access Branding (creating a custom look and feel) SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013 Teams can create mobile views for sites but not necessarily for different types of mobile devices.. Significant SharePoint knowledge required to design the user interface for SharePoint sites. Optimized mobile browser experience - provides a lightweight, contemporary view browsing experience for users to navigate and access document libraries, lists, wikis, and Web Parts. Device channels - you can render a single published SharePoint site in multiple designs to accommodate different device types. Business intelligence - SharePoint Server 2013 enables a user to view certain kinds of dashboard content. This includes PerformancePoint reports and scorecards, and Excel Services reports in ios 5.0 Safari browsers on ipad devices. Office Web Apps - allows users to view Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents in mobile browsers. The new features in a publishing site minimize the amount of SharePoint knowledge that is required to successfully design and brand a SharePoint site. Professional web designers who know HTML, CSS, and JavaScript already have the skills necessary to design a SharePoint 2013 site and can use their preferred tools such as Dreamweaver to create designs for SharePoint. 12